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Linear Landscape Quilts

Create stunning landscape art quilts with Gloria Loughman that will evoke the natural beauty of the outdoors. Learn techniques on how to create a template and assemble your own breathtaking scene.

Let Gloria teach you how to create scenic quilts that reflect your favorite landscapes. From stunning hand-painted sunsets to trees formed from batik fabrics, these quilts are fun and easy to assemble with Gloria's step-by-step techniques. You will learn how to create perspective using color and contour lines, create and cut templates for your various sections, and sew it all together for art quilts that evoke natural beauty.

Lesson 4. Choosing Fabrics

Lesson 5. Painting Fabrics

Gloria's detailed instruction will help you paint your landscape's various features. Learn how to best depict the sky, a sunset and water on fabric.

8:03

Lesson 6. Preparing Segments

Learn to apply steam-a-steam, position your fabric on the template and prepare your quilt's segments with step-by-step guidance from Gloria.

12:10

Lesson 7. Constructing Segments

Choose, stabilize and stitch your base fabrics. Then prepare and stitch the contours!

13:58

Lesson 8. Building the Landscape

Create the quilt sandwich and position the vinyl template before attaching the sky, hill and embellishment pieces. Gloria helps you build your landscape from the base up!

14:25

Lesson 9. Finishing the Quilt

You'll finish your quilt with Gloria's help by adding the tree and facings. Then you can take a step back, take a photo and ask Gloria and your classmates for their critiques of your landscape!

"I found this class to be very well presented, clear and easy to follow, and the resulting project is lovely. Gloria is a supremely gifted artist and teacher. I re-played several lessons while working on the quilt, which helped me solidify my understanding of the techniques used. The classes felt just right for me - very organized and sequenced." - jchannon

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Lesson plan

9:44

Lesson 1. Meet Gloria Loughman

Meet Gloria and get started by finding design inspiration. You'll also learn about the visual impact lines can have and various design elements.

7:15

Lesson 2. Creating the Pattern

Get started creating your pattern with Gloria's expert help. Break the patten into sections before adding contours, tracing the pattern and then making the vinyl template.

14:12

Lesson 3. Choosing a Color Scheme

Learn about monochromatic, complementary and analogous color schemes. Gloria also shares her knowledge of grayscale to help you make informed design decisions.

Lesson 4. Choosing Fabrics

Lesson 5. Painting Fabrics

Gloria's detailed instruction will help you paint your landscape's various features. Learn how to best depict the sky, a sunset and water on fabric.

8:03

Lesson 6. Preparing Segments

Learn to apply steam-a-steam, position your fabric on the template and prepare your quilt's segments with step-by-step guidance from Gloria.

12:10

Lesson 7. Constructing Segments

Choose, stabilize and stitch your base fabrics. Then prepare and stitch the contours!

13:58

Lesson 8. Building the Landscape

Create the quilt sandwich and position the vinyl template before attaching the sky, hill and embellishment pieces. Gloria helps you build your landscape from the base up!

14:25

Lesson 9. Finishing the Quilt

You'll finish your quilt with Gloria's help by adding the tree and facings. Then you can take a step back, take a photo and ask Gloria and your classmates for their critiques of your landscape!

The instructor

Gloria Loughman, Instructor of Linear Landscape Quilts

The author of Luminous Landscapes, Gloria Loughman has exhibited her quilts around the world. Gloria learned patchwork 20 years ago while recovering from a course of chemotherapy. After completing some studies in design and color as part of a Diploma of Art in 1996, she began to make large vivid landscape quilts depicting the Australian bush in fabric, paint and machine embroidery.

Ratings & reviews

Class rating

(53 reviews)

Liked the painting of fabrics

by shooter3956613 on July 26, 2015

I enjoyed the class, especially the painting of fabric. Learned a few things. The different bonding agents was a bit confusing, but it was an enjoyable class.

I enjoyed the class, especially the painting of fabric. Learned a few things. The different bonding agents was a bit confusing, but it was an enjoyable class.

by catbird2 on June 7, 2015

Fantastic class

by brenda.ne628535 on June 3, 2015

Just watched the whole of the video, can't wait to get started. I am just beginning to assemble all my materials before I start. Gloria you have given me the incentive to paint my own fabrics, which until now I have purchased, just waiting for my paint to arrive. Thanks, I hope you will be doing more teaching Videos.

Just watched the whole of the video, can't wait to get started. I am just beginning to assemble all my materials before I start. Gloria you have given me the incentive to paint my own fabrics, which until now I have purchased, just waiting for my paint to arrive. Thanks, I hope you will be doing more teaching Videos.

Brilliant!

by carolc4509912 on June 1, 2015

Thank you Gloria for such a wonderful and inspirational course. I have enjoyed every lesson and can't wait to start creating my own quilts..

Thank you Gloria for such a wonderful and inspirational course. I have enjoyed every lesson and can't wait to start creating my own quilts..

Excellent Instructor

by bichon1075499 on May 12, 2015

I have taken ten days of classes from this instructor when in Canada and she is excdlkent. I am very inspired with her techniques. I also enrolled in this course and it is winderful. Can not go wrong in taking this class.

I have taken ten days of classes from this instructor when in Canada and she is excdlkent. I am very inspired with her techniques. I also enrolled in this course and it is winderful. Can not go wrong in taking this class.